INERT DEACTIVATED. WW2, Rare, German, AB-250 Abwurfbehalter (Air-Dropped Container) For 1kg Incendiary Bombs. Found In A Liverpool Attic. - O 1879 INERT DEACTIVATED. WW2, Rare, German, AB-250 Abwurfbehalter (Air-Dropped Container) For 1kg Incendiary Bombs. Found In A Liverpool Attic. - O 1879 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare and original German AB-250 Abwurfbehalter (Air-Dropped Container) that was used to contain and release after being dropped from a German bomber ,incendiary and SD-2 butterfly bombs by way of a time fuse. The container is made in two halves, hinged at the rear and when the fuse was activated, the containers front opened releasing the bombs at during the fall of the bomb, thus dispersing the load of incendiary or butterfly bombs. Liverpool which was heavily bombed from 1940 onwards due to it being a major port from the North Atlantic and this bomb casing was found recently in the loft of a demolished house it the city. The bomb is fitted with two fuses which have pressed steel covers over them. The fuse at the front is fitted in a standard fuse pocket where the fuse is held in with a threaded ring and is stamped at the top EI Ztz 59 (in a circle) B 4d waffenampt56 bmv a. The top of the fuse where the electrical contacts were is stamped 58 and 41 (1941 date). There is another fuse pocket behind the front one with an alloy fuse that is held in by two pressed steel clamps geld to the casing by two screws. The fuse is stamped on the top GnJ JN gpt mV oV. In the middle of the casing behind the rear fuse is a screwed hole for the bomb shackle. The bomb retains its original pressed steel fin assembly which is 8 inches across and has been widened by the addition of 4 wider fins which is held on by strips of welds to make them 11 inches across. The bomb measures 43 inches in length, 8 inches in diameter and the fins are 11 inches across. The bomb casing opens as it should and is kept close by a bolt. The hinge at the rear works correctly. See pages 188, 189 and 105 in German Air Dropped Weapons to 1945 by Wolfgang Fleischer. No licence is required to possess this inert bomb container in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Delivery is by arrangement and at cost. O 1879